Dangerous years
The dangerous years for drivers are from 17 to 25 years, says a report by Britain’s Transport and Road Research Laboratory. During this period an unmarried man will run as much risk of death on the road as he will for the rest of his life. Statistics for 1970 showed that half of all men drivers killed or injured between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. were under 25 years of age. During daylight hours the proportion dropped to a quarter.
“The over-all casualty rate of drivers under 25 is three or four times that of older drivers,” says the report. "Even if allowance is made for the greater amount of travel in darkness by younger drivers, their casualty rate would still be two and a half times that of older drivers.”
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32880, 1 April 1972, Page 13
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